coxal glands

coxal glands
1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata)
The excretory organs of arachnids; in Araneae, located opposite the coxae of the first and third legs, that function in collecting wastes into a saccule and discharging them through tubes opening behind the coxae.
2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Variously modified eversible glandular structures at the base of the legs.
3. (ONYCHOPHORA)
The nephridia of Peripatus.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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